Fall of Mount Gundabad
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| Fall of Mount Gundabad | |
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| Conflict: Orc Invasion of the Mountains of the North (Second Age) | |
| Date: Mid-Second Age | |
| Place: Mount Gundabad | |
| Outcome: The Longbeards are driven from Gundabad, and the Orcs claim a foothold in the mountains of the North. | |
| Combatants | |
| Commanders | |
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Unknown |
Unknown |
| Strength | |
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Unknown |
Unknown, likely many thousands. |
| Casualties | |
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Unknown |
Unknown |
The Fall of Mount Gundabad, took place in the mid-Second Age. It was a conflict in which Orcs who had fled the War of Wrath[source?] in the First Age, invaded Mount Gundabad from Forodwaith[source?], and drove the Longbeard Dwarves from their holy site and dwelling. One which they would not gain back till after the War of the Ring.[1]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "Of Dwarves and Men", p. 305
